gáifeachas

Irish

Etymology

From gáifeach (“exaggerated, sensational; given to exaggeration”) +‎ -as.

Noun

gáifeachas m (genitive singular gáifeachais)

1. sensationalism

   Synonyms: scailéathan, táblóideachas

Declension

Declension of gáifeachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative gáifeachas vocative a gháifeachais genitive gáifeachais dative gáifeachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an gáifeachas genitive an gháifeachais dative leis an ngáifeachas don gháifeachas

Mutation

Mutated forms of gáifeachas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gáifeachas	gháifeachas	ngáifeachas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gáifeachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gáifeachas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gáifeachas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025